Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/oleō

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, the o-grade causative of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Cognate to Latin alō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.oː/, [ˈɔɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.o/, [ˈɔːleo]

Verb

*oleō (present infinitive *olēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. I grow.

Usage notes

Found only in compounds, not attested as an independent verb in Classical texts.

Derived terms

• aboleō
• adoleō
• olēscō

References

• “oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers